Bruce Oldfield Quotes

United Kingdom, Fashion Designer
July 14, 1950

Bruce Oldfield, OBE (born 14 July 1950) is a British fashion designer, best known for his couture occasionwear. Notable clients have included Sienna Miller, Barbra Streisand, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Diana Ross, Emmanuelle Seigner, Rihanna, Kelly Brook, Taylor Swift, Elizabeth McGovern, Rosamund Pike, Anjelica Huston, Faye Dunaway, Jacqueline Jossa, Melanie Griffith, Charlotte Rampling, Jerry Hall, Joan Collins, Diana, Princess of Wales, Queen Noor of Jordan, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Queen Rania of Jordan.

We're into Nicole Kidmans, rather than the young girl who just got married in a tracksuit.

Bruce Oldfield
- Girl
Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

Bruce Oldfield

The bump I was trying to hide could be the future king of England.

Bruce Oldfield
- Trying
- Future
- King
I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop.

Bruce Oldfield
- People
- Fun
- Stop
I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous.

Bruce Oldfield
I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.

Bruce Oldfield
- Good
- Design
Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.

Bruce Oldfield
If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's bouncy, and the nails are clean and not overly done, then you can put anything on her and she's going to look good.

Bruce Oldfield
- Up
- Good
- Done

Don't take things too seriously.

Bruce Oldfield
I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop.

Bruce Oldfield
- People
- Humble
My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it.

Bruce Oldfield
- Up
I was getting a lot of editorial, as in lots of pages in 'Vogue,' but it's far more important to get your dresses on the back of a famous person. Charlotte Rampling in Bruce Oldfield. That sells.

Bruce Oldfield
- Important
- Famous
I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still quintessentially very elegant.

Bruce Oldfield
- Women
That to me was the most poignant part of Diana's wedding; as she was walking up the aisle and her eyes were going left to right, looking at people and smiling in the way that Diana did - and that diamond tiara glittering like mad. It was great.

Bruce Oldfield
- People
- Up
- Great

I'm not that interested in fashion... When someone says that lime-green is the new black for this season, you just want to tell them to get a life.

Bruce Oldfield
- Life
- Black
- Fashion
I don't have regrets because they are negative.

Bruce Oldfield
Stay small and control it yourself.

Bruce Oldfield
- Small
- Control